International visitors for 2024/25

Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorships 2024-25

Date of Visit	Name and Institution	Bristol host	Topic of Research
Part 1: 1 Sept - 31 Oct 2024 Part 2: 18 June - 18 July 2025	Professor Jesus Malo Lopez Universitat de Valencia, Spain	Professor Jeffrey Bowers Psychological Science	Expanding the high-level Bristol-MindSet with low-level Visual Psychophysics for a better evaluation of Artificial Intelligence
28 Oct - 25 Nov 2024	Professor Signe E. Kastberg Purdue University, USA	Dr Tracy Helliwell Education	Mathematics teacher educator design and implementation of instructional activities and practices for preservice teachers learning from experience
27 Jan - 27 Mar 2025	Dr Guido Bacciagaluppi Utrecht University, The Netherlands	Dr Karim Thebault Philosophy	Quantum Theory Without Quantum States
1 Feb - 1 Mar 2025	Dr Felicity Ann Jensz University of Munster, Germany	Professor Hilary Carey History	Translating Colonialism
1 March - 1 June 2025	Dr Colin Gleason University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA	Professor Paul Bates Geographical Sciences	Delivering on the promise of Surface Water and Ocean Topography's (SWOT) hydrologic revolution
9 March - 25 May 2025	Professor Tita Chico University of Maryland, USA	Professor Elaine McGirr Theatre	Performances of Wonder: Science and Spectacle
14 Mar - 11 Apr 2025	Professor Dean Rickles University of Sydney, Australia	Dr Karim Thebault Philosophy	Philosophy of Digital Physics

Date of Visit	Name and Institution	Bristol host	Topic of Research
10 Sept - 10 Oct 2024	Professor Dewey Hall California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Professor Ralph Pite English	Revisiting the Elgin Marbes: A Materialist Perspective
1 Oct - 12 Nov 2024	Dr Chittaranjan Hens International Institute of Information Technology, India	Professor Luca Giuggioli Engineering Mathematics and Technology	Disease propagation in complex networks: a biased random walk approach
1 Oct - 15 Nov 2024	Dr Jelmar Hugen Leiden University, The Netherlands	Professor Ad Putter English	Perceval Passing Borders: Adaptation and Continuation of the French Conte du Graal Outside Medieval France
21 Oct - 15 Nov 2024	Dr Brady Robards Monash University, Australia	Dr Rosie Nelson Sociology, Politics and International Studies	Finding queer community in digital spaces amidst hostility
12 Oct - 16 Nov 2024	Dr Diep Ha University of Queensland, Australia	Dr Sam Leary Dental School	Improving child oral health through longitudinal birth cohort research
4 - 16 Nov 2024	Dr Sigal-Hava Rotem Utrecht University, The Netherlands	Professor Alf Coles Education	Developing culturally grounded social-ecological mathematical tasks for secondary school mathematics

Date of Visit	Name and Institution	Bristol host	Topic of Research